Podcast Episode #4: Ripe From Around Here with Jae Steele
Posted in Health, Podcast, Sustainabolity and Responsibility on May 21st, 2010
Episode: 4Title: Ripe From Around Here with Jae Steele
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Toner… I Mean Astringent… I Mean Salad Dressing
Posted in Herbal Medicine, Holistic, Sustainabolity and Responsibility, Video, Wellbeing on May 17th, 2010
It’s a little bit funny that I am so enthusiastic about natural body care when, in reality, I take low maintenance to a whole new level. This is great for me, not so great for the man in my life. Ah well. Win some, loose some. So when I went to go about making a toner for my natural body care workshop, I took it upon myself to learn the difference between a toner and an astringent as I haven’t really used either all that regularly.
As it turns out, the two words are used pretty interchangeably though some argue the difference is that astringents have alcohol and toners do not. My question, of course is why on earth would you want to put alcohol on your face? I would so much rather put the alcohol into my face than on it, and even then its not ideal for my health.
Cleaning Up Our Cleaning Stuff: A Rub Down With Toxins
Posted in Disease Prevention, Smart Choices, Sustainabolity and Responsibility on May 14th, 2010
I spent hours of time researching, testing recipes, researching more, testing more recipes and seriously freaking myself out with what I was learning and am now bursting at the seams to offer you the important nuggets.
Is it possible that the products we are using on our body might be causing more harm to our long term health than what we are eating? Oh YES I say YES.
This is scary to me personally because, despite my hip hip hoorah for whole, unprocessed foods, I have wicked curly frizz ball hair and so there lies a bottle of L’Oreal’s Curl Enhancer. I went through three bottles when I was living in St. Lucia for three months. There very few contraband things kicking around my cosmetic cabinet at this point, but wow I was a product whore (can I say whore?). In no particular order these are the things I regret most from my past
